The National tribune., 1887-05-26
PERSONS AND THINGS.

An Albany newspaper tells Of a well. .to-do but
very careful gentleman who recently told friend
in good faith that he had discovered how 10 on
his butter bills Just spread your bread with but
ter" said he "then scrape IL Off as closely as YOU
can, aud hold the buttered side down when you eat
it. Your tongue strikes the butter AZ once and you
get just much flavor "a If you had three times as
much butter and ate 10 the other way"
The Rev. Dr. Forbes, ofst. Paul, a plain spoken
parsOu and n practical Christian tells this story
"A young man Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation gave a starving woman a tract aud nothing
more, and told a lawyer afierwaTd that he had
never such spirit OF Christian resignation as
that woman manifested in receiving the tract Then
the lawyer swOre at him. think that II there was
ever time for swearing then IL was. God would
surely pardon il. II I hungry and a fellow
offers me bread and prayers, will take the bread
and do my own praying"
- In the Red River Valley Of the North are many
natives, the descendants OF ScOtchmen. who came
TO that country ia the days Of the Hudson Bay
Company and took Indian wives. They have the
dark skin and high cheek bones Of the INDIAN and
the light hair and blue eyes Of the scotch. They
speak French with broad scotch burr and physi-
eally are splendid specimens, being great runners
and famous trappers.
"A negro cook AZ the los Angeles tCal9 Jail kept
s. prisoners at bay the other day and prevented
their escape. Fifteen desperate characters over
powered the jailer and got away before the cook
heard the disturbance. He faced the remainder
with a carving knife. which he threatened 20 use
with all his skil on the first convict that came with
IN bis reach.
"A party Of young brutes at BeIIeviue Can
compelled a reformed dTuakard to drink liquor
his old appetite oveFpowered him, he was arrested
bauch
- Edward Samuel, Of st. Louis. finding II hard
work To- stop drinking whisky, became discouraged
and jumped from a railroad bridge at Nashville
He dropped IS feet and then struck the water fee,
first, with so much force that the sole Of shoe
torn of and one leg Of his trousers ripped open
He was not seriously hurt.
John NJ. Dyer, Of Northern Vermont, who died
recently, was an immense man, over six feet tai
and of 600 pounds weight 10 necessary to make
n coffin for him, and NO hearse was large enough
to carry it so t taken through the front win
dow of the house and placed in an express Wagon
which was barely large enough to receive it.
- John Stadler of Richville AIich il curiOusly
afflicted. He is liable to lose his memory at any
time. More than once he has passed whole nights
within haiiing distance Of his own house, fearing
TO move he was totally unable 10 recall the di-
rec.iOn he should go, or even how hishOuse looked
or was situated with regard 10 The surrounding
country.
- II has recently been computed by an officer o
the Ordnance Department in Washington that the
weight carried by soldier equipped with rod bayo
net, rife, and cartridge belt, three days cooked
ratiOns and 100 rounds Of ball cartridges and com
piete :" kit" of clothing is 50 pounds 2.5a ounces
with Springfield rifle, bayOHet seabbard, cartridge
boxes ard leather belt clothing ammunition etc.
IA 81 pounds i.s5 ounces; with Springfield rifles
bayonet scabbard, cartridge belt, clothing ammu.
milton, etc, is 50 pounds 1886 ounces.
An Indiana farmer who told his boys to burr
every bumble-bees' nest they found on the farm
and who was complaining at the failure of hi.
eloyer-seed crop. was surprised when AIauree
Thompson, the naturalist, slid That IS why your
cIoverseed fails you. Bumble-bses make your
clOver-seed.H IL is fac. that a strong nest oil
bumblebees in big clover field is worth $50 to the
owner, for these insects are the cllcf agents IN fer
tiiizing the blossoms. thereby insuring n heavy
crop Of seed In Australia there are no humble.
bees Of our kind. and they could not raise clover
seed there until they imported some.
A travelling sleIgns- Of hand man visited an In
dian encampment near Lewiston. idaho, the Othel
/ day. Seeing small dog, he asked how much they
wonld take for him. The Indians said that they
Didn't want TO sell Him very good dog, said ths
magician. rubbing him down the back at each
stroke taking handful Of money from the end o
his tail. also from his mouth. ears and nose. Ths
/ Indians looked on in stOlid silence, but ate
| the magician went away they took the dog dOwI
TO the river bank and killed and dissected him TS
their great ehagriB they found that the sleght- of
hand man had milked him of all the money.